Photo by Tom Thompson
Join us and become a Friend/Member
Become a Friend/Member of the St Agnes Museum Trust and help us celebrate the history of St Agnes. Benefits include a yearly journal and newsletters.
Visiting information
The Museum is open daily from 10:30am to 4:30pm from 1 April to the end of October.
Become a St Agnes Museum Volunteer
If you would like to be, or would be interested in becoming, a Volunteer at St Agnes Museum, please let us know here.
What’s in our collection
St Agnes Museum is full of artefacts about the Parish of St Agnes. There’s lots about our rich mining and maritime history and items relating to farming, folklore, religion and archaeology.
History of St Agnes
St Agnes and the outlying villages and hamlets of Mount Hawke, Porthtowan, Mithian, Trevellas and Blackwater have a long and interesting history.
Sam and the Leatherback Turtle
The children’s story Sam and the Leatherback Turtle was written for our younger visitors by Carol Morgan, and recorded for us by Bruce Alexander.